Improvement in hanging sliding doors



N.FETERs, PHOTO-LTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D c spondin g parts.

UNITED ASTAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

A. J. GULVER, OF WHITE HALL, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANGING SLIDING- DOORS.

Spectjcatz'ou forming part of Letters Patent No; 91,916, dated June 29, 1869.

To all whom it may concern: l Be it known that I, A. J. CULVER, ot' White Hall, in the county of Greene and State of Illi- My invention has for its object to furnish an improved device for hanging sliding doors upon cars, buildings, and other places, which shall be simple in construction and easily attached, and which will not require the lower part oi' the door to be provided with a guard or guide to keep the door in place; and it consists in the double rollers, double track, and do'or and suspension brackets, in combination with euch other, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents a car, and B asliding door,

. about the construction of which there is nothing new. C is the suspension-bracket, which is secured to the car, building, or other support from which the sliding door is hung. The bracket C is formed with an outwardly and downwardly projecting arm, upon the lower end of which is formed a short crosshead, to the ends of which, upon the opposite sides of the end of the arm of thesaid bracket, are secured two iron bars, D, both bars being secured by one and the same bolt, which passes through the end of the bracket and through both of the said bars. The bars D thus form a double-track for the double rollers ot' the door. E is the door-bracket, which is formed with a shoulder to fit upon the upper edge ot the door, and with two upwardly-projecting arms, one atthe inner and one at the outer edge of its body, as shown in Fig. 2. To the inner or adjacent sides of the upwardly-projecting arms ot' the bracket E are pivotedl two rollers, F, one to each arm, and in such positions that their grooved faces may iit and roll along the upper edges of the bars D, and that their adjacent ends may be at such a distance apart that the arm of the bracket C may pass between them freely, as shown in Fig. 2.

By this construction the door may be easily slid back and forth, however heavy it may be, cannot get out of place, cannot become clogged with sleet and ice, and will require no groove, guide, or guard for its lower end.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1` The door-bracket E, formed with two arms, each having a grooved wheel, F, adapted to run on the double rails D, suspended from the brackets U, which are bolted between said rails, all arranged to operate as herein set forth and shown, for the purpose specified.

. A. J. CULVER.

Witnesses i J. S. BENEAR, ISAAC D. VEDDEE. 

